The latest on Asheville's new brew giants, Oskar Blues, Sierra Nevada and New Belgium

8:39 PM,
May 22, 2013

Brian Grossman, general manager of the new Sierra Nevada brewery in Mills River, who visited the area in March.

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With a dozen craft breweries in Buncombe County and more in the region, Asheville has established itself as a beer destination. But with three big national craft breweries joining the party, the region has become the definitive East Coast craft beer capitol.

Oskar Blues Brewing was the first to arrive, opening its East Coast expansion last December in Brevard. The Brevard brewery turns out draft and canned product and expects to produce 56,000 barrels in 2013. It also has a cozy upstairs tasting room that overlooks the brewing area. The Western brewery is in Longmont, Colo. Oskar Blues has ...